Verdict – Unfair trade (Brisbane gains 470 points of pick and player value, or 1.31 points back for every point given up).

Newly minted Brisbane Lion Tom Bell is perhaps the perfect combination of two classic draft stereotypes – the mature age recruit and the recruit who goes home. Recruited out of Morningside in Queensland in the Rookie Draft, Bell is an example of a rookie pick that works out, gradually improving in each of his years of AFL football. This year was his breakout year, one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dark year for Carlton. A big bodied midfielder, he has the potential to perfectly compliment some of the outside class that Brisbane has in their engine room, and should compete for a best 22 spot immediately.

To get Bell, Brisbane has had to give up some of its much valued academy point value, around 612 points in the AFL pick system, or pick 31 at actual value (capable of matching up to pick 24). Bell’s value as a player is much more than this, but if a team bids early for Hipwood and Keays it might just put Brisbane in a tight spot.

HPN sees Brisbane winning this trade, as Bell should turn out to be a decent recruit for them, and they didn’t give up a whole lot to get him.